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Moscow court upholds detention of Russia’s Komi Republic’s ex-head

15:23 24/12/2015 The Moscow City Court on Thursday upheld the detention of Vyacheslav Gaizer, former head of Russia’s Komi Republic who stands charged with fraud and organized crime related violations.

Several Russian Defense Ministry officials allegedly involved in organized crime

11:20 22/12/2015 A criminal case was launched against an organized criminal group that was allegedly operating with the involvement of Russian Defense Ministry officials from the department of government contract audit.

Financial pyramid organizers arrested in Moscow

10:34 13/10/2015 Members of the alleged organized crime group specializing in financial pyramid fraud scheme were arrested by the Moscow police.

Moscow court orders detention of two alleged ISIS militants

13:11 25/09/2015 The Lefortovsky District Court of Moscow has ordered the detention of two alleged Islamic State militants for two months.

Head of Russia’s Komi Republic suspected of fraud appeals against detention

14:07 23/09/2015 Vyacheslav Gaizer, the head of Russia’s Komi Republic who stands charged with fraud and organized crime related violations, has filed an appeal against his detention.

Alleged gangster faces extradition from Austria to Russia - report

11:03 21/08/2015 Aslan Gagiyev, alleged leader of a Russia-based criminal organization, may be extradited from Austria.

Crimean gang leader sentenced to 15 years in prison for killing 29 people

16:40 07/07/2015 Andrei Laptev, the leader of a criminal group that operated in Kerch, Crimea between 1994 and 2005, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for 29 murders and 12 attempted murders.

Member of Russian gang killing 40 could be extradited from Montenegro

11:35 02/02/2015 Official spokesperson for the Russian Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin announced that the committee is working with the law enforcement of Montenegro on extradition of Ivan Bagayev, a member of a gang that killed over 40 people.

French national sues ex-Mexican president for long prison term

12:02 27/01/2015 French national, Florence Cassez, has filed a suit against former president of Mexico Felipe Calderón and a number of other former Mexican officials for the years spent in a Mexican prison on the charges of participating in a criminal gang.

Over 30 arrested on mafia related charges in Italy

14:11 20/01/2015 Italian police have arrested 31 people in Rome on suspicion of links with the ‛Ndrangheta mafia-style organization based in Calabria. Firearms and about 600 kg of cocaine and hashish were confiscated.

Russian and US drug authorities limit cooperation amid sanctions

15:51 18/11/2014 Cooperation between Russian and US drug police has dropped considerably amid the sanctions implemented against Russia, Federal Drugs Control Service chief Viktor Ivanov told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.

US court sentences Armenian Power leader to 32 years

13:13 13/11/2014 A court in California sentenced Mher Darbinyan, one of the leaders of the gang American Power, to 32 years in prison for conspiracy including extortion, bank fraud and bank card skimming schemes, the US Department of Justice states in a press release.

Attorney in notorious Orekhovo gang case, his wife killed in Moscow Region

12:34 24/10/2014 Vitaly Moiseyev, attorney who represented aggrieved party in a criminal case against members of Orekhovo criminal gang, his wife were shot dead in Moscow Region on Friday.

Leader of infamous Russian 90's murder syndicate gets life in prison

16:02 23/10/2014 The leader and a member of the infamous Orekhovo organized crime group, which spreed throughout Moscow and the Moscow Region in the 1990s, were sentenced in Moscow, a court told RIA Novosti.

High-profile attorney receives police protection after partner's murder

16:06 03/10/2014 Attorney Alexander Karabanov, who is representing victims in a case against the Orekhovo criminal ring at the Moscow Region Court, has been given police protection after his colleague's murder, TASS reported on Friday.

Italian president summoned to testify in mafia bombings case

10:31 26/09/2014 Italian President Giorgio Napolitano will testify in a scandalous case regarding the alleged secret talks held by the Italian government with the Sicilian mafia over a series of deadly bombings in the early 1990s, a Palermo court said.

Spanish officials to stand trial in Russian mafia case - report

10:30 23/09/2014 Catalonia’s High Court of Justice has ruled that there is sufficient cause to try Andrei Petrov, an alleged leader of the Russian mafia in Spain, local lawmaker Javier Crespo and other individuals suspected of involvement in the so-called Russian mafia case.

Murder suspects arrested in Moscow Region

13:00 13/08/2014 The police have arrested the suspected members of a crime ring that has reportedly committed over 25 murders, including the slaying of Vladikavkaz Mayor Vitaly Karayev in 2008.

Moscow City Court denies bail to police general charged with running a gang

14:41 04/08/2014 The Moscow City Court on Monday declined to release Lieutenant General Denis Sugrobov, former head of the Economic Security and Anti-Corruption Department at the Interior Ministry, on bail of more than 103 million rubles (app.$ 3 million), RIA Novosti reports from the courtroom.

ECHR upholds Georgia's legislation to fight organized crime

17:19 15/07/2014 The European Court of Human Rights has ruled against an applicant who complained over the alleged violation of his rights in Georgia under a law on fighting organized crime, the court said in a press release on Tuesday.

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